There are several ways to go about installing a snorkel on an XJ. All of them require drilling, and some are more expensive then others. The most effecient way to go about doing it is to pick up an ARB Safari style snorkel that runs up along the A-post. I thought long and hard about that one, but a hole in the fender and $450 put it out of the question. Below is my version of the cowl/hummer style snorkel, a much more inexpensive yet efficient and fully functional way of doing it.

There is a how-to on Eric's XJ (Eric's XJ) on a cowl snorkle that ends at the cowl on the engine side. This was my original intention, but found that after about a minute of "rainfall" that passenger side area was moist. This is what prompted me to go for the hummer style look. Here is a picture of that:

4. Moving to the top, decide where you want the intake to sit. reinstall the cowl cover (the piece with the vents). Mark the center of where you want it to sit. Drill through the cover and the metal sheet beneath is with a small drill bit.

5. Remove the cover. Using your 2" hole saw drill through the cover and the metal. I would suggest doing the two seperately.

6. Join the reducer coupler and the cap using the two supplied screws. I would suggest painting them now.

7. Cut the connecter off of your tube if you used the shopvac tubing.

8. Using your 2" flexible coupler, spread silicon on the inside edges as below. Do the same on the outside of the flex tubing.

9. Feed the attached tube and coupling through the hole on the engine side and pull it up towards the sky into the hole on the top. You may need to extend the edges on the first hole to feed the coupler through all the way (using the dremel).

10. As you did before, spread silicone on the inside of the coupler. Attach the cover with the reduced and a small section (about 4") of your 2" pvc piping.

11. Remove your airbox. Using a piece of sheet metal or plastic, cover the old intake and seal it with silicone. Drill a new 2" hole on the opposite end with your hole saw.

12. Feed your 90/45 degree coupling through the new hole in the airbox and seal it with silicone.

13. Wrap your flex tubing with the aluminum tape. If you prefer, paint it black as I did.

14. Spread silicon on the opposite end of the connector and on the hose as you did with the 2" coupling on the other end. Attach the two pieces. Using silicon, fill the drainage holes in your airbox.

Yep, saw your thread on another forum and loved how it looked.
I've gotten a bunch of comments on it. It looks pretty good (IMO) and is damn cheap compared to other options.

Yeah that's why I did it, cheap and I hit two birds with one stone: cold air intake and snorkel.

After using it through winter, I realized that with all the snow we get the snorkel gets covered and clogged sometimes so I made a cap that replaces the snorkel bowl and seals off the intake and the hose was designed to be disconnected from the air box so I can convert to stock intake in the winter and then reconnect it when the snow is gone. Takes like 1 minute to close the intake for snow. The cap is made of a six inch piece of 3" pvc (like the snorkel cap) with a rubber cap on top isntead of a cereal bowl LOL. I could just leave the snorkel cap on it but it becomes a chore to have to dig out the snorkel every morning before work and THEN start the jeep to warm it up. I usually start it and then start brushing off the snow but if I did that with the snorkel cap, it would suck in all that snow.

I did try using a 1 foot piece of PVC to extend the snorkel cap high off the cowl to avoid sucking in snow but it looked awfully funny.

Yeah that's why I did it, cheap and I hit two birds with one stone: cold air intake and snorkel.

After using it through winter, I realized that with all the snow we get the snorkel gets covered and clogged sometimes so I made a cap that replaces the snorkel bowl and seals off the intake and the hose was designed to be disconnected from the air box so I can convert to stock intake in the winter and then reconnect it when the snow is gone. Takes like 1 minute to close the intake for snow. The cap is made of a six inch piece of 3" pvc (like the snorkel cap) with a rubber cap on top isntead of a cereal bowl LOL. I could just leave the snorkel cap on it but it becomes a chore to have to dig out the snorkel every morning before work and THEN start the jeep to warm it up. I usually start it and then start brushing off the snow but if I did that with the snorkel cap, it would suck in all that snow.

I did try using a 1 foot piece of PVC to extend the snorkel cap high off the cowl to avoid sucking in snow but it looked awfully funny.

How did you go about making a disconnect at the airbox? Fortunately I waited until after the snow this year to do mine, but now you've got me seeing a future problem.

How did you go about making a disconnect at the airbox? Fortunately I waited until after the snow this year to do mine, but now you've got me seeing a future problem.

There's a 4" piece of pvc glued to the hose that fits into the angled pvc fitting attached to the airbox. It pops out and lays on top of the airbox pvc and hood still shuts. I originally had it one piece to the airbox but the disconnect seemed like a better idea since I can pop it off and move it out of the way for engine work.

this looks awesome but i dont see the point? your moving the height of the intake like 6 inches

Would you rather have the intake down load below the headlights or all the way back against the windshield, up 6"?

My first outing ended up almost a disaster. I did a simple water crossing that went a little bit above the bumper and my filter was completely wet. The intake opening is right behind the headlight so going in water that deep or hitting water with the fan will risk drinking water. Put the snorkel up outside 6" above the cowl and that risk is gone. now I can submerge my entire front clip under water and still be fine. This works the same way as the ARB snorkels, except it's not way up against the roof. Who's gonna cross water that's as high as the roof? lol

Would you rather have the intake down load below the headlights or all the way back against the windshield, up 6"?

My first outing ended up almost a disaster. I did a simple water crossing that went a little bit above the bumper and my filter was completely wet. The intake opening is right behind the headlight so going in water that deep or hitting water with the fan will risk drinking water. Put the snorkel up outside 6" above the cowl and that risk is gone.

Would you rather have the intake down load below the headlights or all the way back against the windshield, up 6"?

My first outing ended up almost a disaster. I did a simple water crossing that went a little bit above the bumper and my filter was completely wet. The intake opening is right behind the headlight so going in water that deep or hitting water with the fan will risk drinking water. Put the snorkel up outside 6" above the cowl and that risk is gone. now I can submerge my entire front clip under water and still be fine. This works the same way as the ARB snorkels, except it's not way up against the roof. Who's gonna cross water that's as high as the roof? lol

This....As cool as it is, and as much as I like to go overboard with my Jeep, this is very true.